Major Characters: Zoya Hooda/Siddiqui and Aditya Hooda
Minor Characters: Arjun Hooda, Yash Arora, Noor Siddiqui, Rajveer Khanna, Pooja Mathur, Mahi Arora
Vocabulary:
Show-stopper: the model who usually starts off the fashion show or ends it. Her outfit is known as the show stopping dress, and it's the most important outfit of the show for the designers. Usually, the best and most popular models are the show stoppers.
Zosh: the name of the company owned by Aditya. This company is the most successful brand of the fashion world and every model that has been launched in this company has made it big. It is every models dream to become the face of Zosh'', also known as the top model of the industry. Aditya is like royalty in the fashion world and Zosh is his kingdom.Love in the Ice
Prologue
Everyone is searching for a place that can heal their broken heart. I am too.
I'm Zoya Siddiqui, the face of Zosh and the best model India has ever seen...That was 2 years ago. Today I'm Mrs. Zoya Hooda, the wife of Aditya Hooda, the owner of Zosh and the biggest status symbol of the fashion world in India. To them, we are the ideal couple...a match made in heaven.
To them it was a fairytale...a model who fell in love with her boss. A dream wedding and an even dreamier life...if only they saw beneath the gloss...
Just like everybody, I am in search of a place that can rid me of my sorrow. I am search for that little moment of peace...just a moment...where there is no pain. When someone's dream shatters, the echo of it shoots straight to the heart. The ache in my chest hurt to the point it became numb. It's almost as if my heart froze over and felt no pain anymore.
It's true when people say that fate plays all kinds of games in your life...but people never warn you that these games can sometimes shatter your heart. A fragile heart can only take so much until it gives up. Mine, on the other hand, turned to ice...
Chapter 1
"Designer Manish Malhotra's most anticipated fashion show till date is finally here. But what the talk of the town is the launch of the new face of Zosh through this fashion show. Pooja Mathur was a struggling model until she impressed Aditya Hooda in her last ramp walk. That's right, CEO of Zosh, Mr. Aditya Hooda gave Ms. Mathur her break and now she is the show stopper for Manish Malhotra's show tonight. Let's see if she can take the fashion world by storm like Mrs. Zoya Hooda once did before she got married. This is Akansha Patel, Fashion News."
Zoya watched the news reporter end her little broadcast as she sat next to her husband, waiting for the show to begin. The reporter's words rang in her ears... "Let's see if she can take the fashion world by storm like Mrs. Zoya Hooda once did before she got married."
Zoya sighed as she remembered her modeling days...she missed in dearly. The chaos backstage, the process of getting ready, trying on different outfits...but what she missed most was the ramp. The rush of stepping on it as the cameras flashed away, capturing her every move. The sway of her hips as she reached the end of the ramp and posed. The thrill of being the show stopper. She missed everything. If only...if only she's been more careful two years ago...then maybe she still would have been a top model today.
Zoya turned to look at her husband, who was busy chatting with his younger brother and Zosh's manager, Arjun Hooda. Her husband...Aditya Hooda...the most handsome man she has ever met. His piercing hazel eyes, a dimple on one cheek, dark black hair that fall over his forehead, and stubble over strong jaws adding a boyish charm to cold looks. Is it any wonder she was enchanted by him when she first met him? And now...he was her husband. Zoya sighed again and closed her haunted eyes.
"Will you at least pretend to be happy to be here." Aditya harshly whispered in Zoya's ear as he heard her sigh a second time. When Zoya opened her eyes to look at him, he grabbed her hand and held on to it as the show began. To everybody else, the gesture looked sweet, a husband caressing his wife's hand. But only Zoya felt the death grip of his strong hands, and the chills it sent down her spine. She tried to ignore the pain and concentrate on the show as Pooja Mathur walked in wearing the show-stopping gown, kicking off the fashion show. Zoya looked on with unhappiness.
Zoya came out of the shower to an empty bedroom. She wasn't surprised. Aditya rarely talked to her or tell her where he is. They came back from the fashion show about an hour ago when Zoya decided to take a shower. Aditya was in the room when she went into the bathroom, however he wasn't there now. Zoya tried not to be disappointed.
Stupid girl.'' She scolded herself. Aditya never tells her anything, then why should it be any different now.
Stupid girl for hoping that he might change...that he might actually start caring...actually start loving you back...''. That's correct...she loved him. Despite his hatred towards her, she still loved him. She loved him then...and she still loved him now. Zoya's thoughts were interrupted when she heard the sound of crying through the baby monitor. She quickly rushed to the nursery and warmth filled her heart as she took her 1 year old baby girl into her embrace.
"Sshhh...it's ok sweetie...mommy's here." Zoya whispered as she gently patted Adiya's back...Adiya...for Aditya and Zoya. Her wails became into soft whimpers until she finally fell asleep again in her mother's arms. She was a beauty, just like her mother...but she had her father's soft hazel eyes.
Once Zoya put Adiya back into her crib, she went back to her and Aditya's bedroom and got ready for bed. She sat in front of the mirror combing her hair. She had dark brown hair that fell in soft curls around her mid-back, almond shaped green eyes, porcelain skin, and a killer body even after giving birth. Is it any wonder she was the most successful model of Zosh?
But that was before she became pregnant. Clause 27 of the Zosh contract...a model cannot get pregnant when she is a Zosh model. She broke that rule...and she broke it with none other than the boss...Aditya Hooda.
She finished brushing her hair and got into her side of the bed, book in hand, to get some reading done while she waited for Aditya to return. Even thought it irritates him that she waits for him...she can't help it. She didn't realize how tired she was, however. As soon as her head hit the pillow, sleep over took Zoya.